Golf short game training, practice and contest game kit

Abstract

A Golf Short Game Training, Practice and Contest Game assemblage, which is easy to assemble, disassemble and transport from location to location (in, for example, the provided carrying bag) and which includes a main frame which is assembled from various steel pipes and connecting parts, a netting which is supported by the frame and which includes an inclined chute-shaped floor net which is affixed to or integral with the bottom floor of the netting, the front side of which is lower than the back portion of the netting; and a target which is suspended from the top portion of the netting and has at least one hole in it which is larger than a golf ball.

1. A golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage, which comprises:
 (a) a frame having a front portion, a top portion, a bottom portion and at least two side portions;  
 (b) a netting having a top portion, a back portion, two side portions, a bottom floor and an inclined chute-shaped floor net, the inclined chute-shaped floor net having a front side with a front outer perimeter and a back side, the back side of the inclined chute-shaped floor net being affixed to or integral with the bottom floor of the netting, and the front side of the inclined chute-shaped floor net being lower than the back portion of the netting, the netting being supported by the frame;  
 (c) a target suspended from the top portion of the netting; and  
 (d) a wire which runs through a material strip which is secured to the outer perimeter of the inclined floor net so that the front side of the inclined chute-shaped floor net may be bent either to allow a golf ball to roll forward from the bottom floor of the netting to and beyond the outer perimeter of the inclined chute-shaped floor net or to form a pocket in the front side of the inclined chute-shaped floor net in which at least one golf ball may be gathered.  
 
     
     
       2. The golf short game training practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the frame is assembled from steel pipes and plastic connecting parts, and the netting is attached to the frame by means of at least one clip. 
     
     
       3. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a chipping green positioned beneath the outer perimeter of the inclined chute-shaped floor so that a golf ball can roll forward from the bottom floor of the netting to and beyond the outer perimeter of the inclined chute-shaped floor net onto the chipping green and back to a player. 
     
     
       4. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 3 , further comprising a putting green, and at least one rectangular green. 
     
     
       5. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the two side portions of the netting include front flaps which flare outward. 
     
     
       6. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 5 , further comprising at least two bags, the bags each having a zipper which can be opened so that the bags can be filled with a heavy material, each of the bags being put on one of the front flaps of the netting. 
     
     
       7. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the target suspended from the top portion of the netting has at least one hole therein that is larger than a golf ball. 
     
     
       8. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the target suspended from the top portion of the netting has at least one solid colored circular target that is larger than a golf ball. 
     
     
       9. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the target panel suspended from the top portion of the netting both has at least one hole therein that is larger than a golf ball and has at least one solid colored circular target that is larger than a golf ball. 
     
     
       10. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 7 , further comprising a mesh pouch attached to and hanging behind each of the at least one holes in the target, and a zipper attached to the side portion of the netting through which a player can reach the at least one mesh pouch. 
     
     
       11. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 7 , further comprising at least one target back panel, the at least one target back panel being secured to top, back side bars with at least two clips, and wherein the target suspended from the top portion of the netting is attached to the target back panel. 
     
     
       12. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 7 , further comprising at least one target back panel, the at least one target back panel being secured to at least two elastic rings, the at least two elastic rings being attached to a band which runs across and is attached to the top portion of the netting, the target which has at least one hole therein that is larger than a golf ball being attached to the at least one target back panel. 
     
     
       13. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising at least one target back panel, the at least one target back panel being secured to at least two elastic rings, the at least two elastic rings being attached to a band which runs across and is attached to the top portion of the netting, the target panel having at least one solid colored circular target that is larger than a golf ball being attached to the at least one target back panel. 
     
     
       14. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 9 , further comprising at least one target back panel, the at least one target back panel being secured to at least two elastic rings, the at least two elastic rings being attached to a band which runs across and is attached to the top portion of the netting, the target having at least one solid colored circular target that is larger than a golf ball being attached to the at least one target back panel, and the target which has at least one hole therein that is larger than a golf ball being attached to the at least one target back panel. 
     
     
       15. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the target back panel with the target panel attached to it which has at least one hole therein that is larger than a golf ball and the target back panel with the target panel attached to it which has at least one target having at least one solid colored circular target that is larger than a golf ball are positioned one in front of the other. 
     
     
       16. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein a strip of Velcro™ loops is attached to the at least one target back panel and a strip of Velcro™ hooks is attached to the target panel which has at least one hole therein that is larger than a golf ball. 
     
     
       17. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein a strip of Velcro™ loops is attached to the at least one target back panel and a strip of Velcro™ hooks is attached to the target panel which has at least one solid colored circular target that is larger than a golf ball. 
     
     
       18. The golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage as claimed in  claim 3 , further comprising a carrying bag. 
     
     
       19. A portable kit for assembling a golf training, practice and contest game assemblage, comprising:
 (a) a carrying container; and  
 (b) parts for assembling the golf training, practice and contest game assemblage, said parts fitting within said carrying container, said parts including: 
 (i) individual elongated poles, bars and connecting parts that form framework of the golf training, practice and contest game assemblage;  
 (ii) netting forming a three dimensional entity with an open front side, having a chute extending from bottom edge of the open front side, and having two vertical side wings, each vertical side wing extending from a vertical side of the open front, the netting being supported by the framework;  
 (iii) a target, having at least one aperture therein, the target being hung from, or being capable of being hung from, top side of the netting or the framework, and located or to be located inside of the netting entity; and  
 (iv) a wire which runs through a material strip which is secured to the outer perimeter of the inclined floor net so that the front side of the inclined chute-shaped floor net may be bent either to allow a golf ball to roll forward from the bottom floor of the netting to and beyond the outer perimeter of the inclined chute-shaped floor net or to form a pocket in the front side of the inclined chute-shaped floor net in which at least one golf ball may be gathered.  
 
 
     
     
       20. A golf short game training, practice and contest game assemblage, which comprises:
 (a) a frame having a front portion, a top portion, a bottom portion and at least two side portions;  
 (b) a netting having a top portion, a back portion, two side portions, a bottom floor and an inclined chute-shaped floor net, the inclined chute-shaped floor net having a front side with a front outer perimeter and a back side, the back side of the inclined chute-shaped floor net being affixed to or integral with the bottom floor of the netting, and the front side of the inclined chute-shaped floor net being lower than the back portion of the netting, the netting being supported by the frame;  
 (c) a target suspended from the top portion of the netting wherein the target suspended from the top portion of the netting has at least one hole therein that is larger than a golf ball with a numerical value present next to the at least one hole representing a score value;  
 (d) a wire which runs through a material strip which is secured to the outer perimeter of the inclined floor net so that the front side of the inclined chute-shaped floor net may be bent either to allow a golf ball to roll forward from the bottom floor of the netting to and beyond the outer perimeter of the inclined chute-shaped floor net or to form a pocket in the front side of the inclined chute-shaped floor net in which at least one golf ball may be gathered; and  
 (e) a mesh pouch attached to and hanging behind each of the at least one holes in the target, and a zipper attached to the side portion of the netting through which a player can reach the at least one mesh pouch.